Imagine the equivalent of heaven on the internet. A server containing of all the files, apps, music, and movies that you could want. Of course, the same site should not have any advertisements, should not invade your computer with viruses, and should not make you pay any money.
I thought this type of site didn’t exist, until just now: http://media.foxwhisper.co.uk/
This site contains “Applications, Albums, Downloads, Games, Music, Movies, Porn, Random stuff, TV Shows, and Videos”, according to the directory listing. There is a huge amount of content on there (he says he as 12tb on the side he hasn’t uploaded).
The site not only offers quality, but also quantity – most of the files have previews, and extra information. Below is an extract from the description of a movie (there is more information than this).
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 1.38 GiB
Duration : 1h 44mn
Overall bit rate : 1 880 Kbps
Writing library : TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress Version. 4.7.1.284
Original source form : MAX TORRENTZ
Copyright : SIGISMUNT
Video
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Streaming Video@L1
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Muxing mode : Packed bitstream
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Most interesting about this site is that it shouldn’t exist; only an ‘Internet Samaritan’ (who are few and far between) would ever even think of offering downloads for no other reason than to make people happy. What makes me more curious is that I can’t find any information on the author of the page or why the page exists! He does provide an email to request more files, however. The sheer amount of data and the detail of the description for each suggests it’s more than one person….a community, but I have no idea what this community is! If anyone knows, please tell me, I am very curious about it.
Good luck with not getting capped!
Categorized in Computers, anime, interesting, software, technology and videos
Tags: download, illegal, movies, music, porn
My new favorite cloud.
From wikipedia:
Undulatus asperatus (or alternately, asperatus) is a rare, newly recognized cloud formation, that was proposed in 2009 as the first cloud formation added since cirrus intortus in 1951 to the International Cloud Atlas of the World Meteorological Organization.[1] The name translates approximately as roughened or agitated waves.[2]
This one gets bigger if you save it.
Reminds me of those mathematical fractals you can get. Sort of like the 4d fractal projected onto a 3d plane…except coloured in by the sun.
Categorized in random
Tags: asperatus, cloud
Sure, this has been done before. I just thought i’d write up my answer for this problem. I will assume you have read what the problem is already.
There are only two possibilities behind the door you pick: either a car or a goat. The probabilities for each are 1/3 for a car and 2/3 for a goat (before you do any switching etc).
Let us consider the first case, with the car behind the door you pick. Now the GSH reveals a goat. In this case, since the other, unrevealed door is also a goat, it would be best to not switch. Therefore, in the 1/3 case that you do have the car, you should not switch.
The other case would be if you had a goat. The GSH will unveil another goat. The unrevealed door now contains a car. In this case, you should switch, in order to obtain a car. However, the chance that this case is the one you have is 2/3.
This means that, overall, switching will be beneficial, since 2/3 times switching will will allow you to win.
I found this way of thinking through a little easier than the methods on Wikipedia. I’m not sure why. I hope my explanation is not wrong.
Categorized in random
Tags: Monty Hall, probability, problem, veridical paradox